Word: plight
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...root causes of the veterans' plight are multiple, beginning with public apathy toward the Viet Nam vet. Much of the war's unpopularity has been unjustly transferred to the men who are fighting it. Never has the U.S. serviceman met with such indifference, even hostility. He is back, but who cares? Says Pew: "When a young man comes home from so-called fighting for his country and then looks to his country for help, and nobody gives, you know, nobody cares, it's just weird...
Cosell concluded the evening by lamenting the plight of the black athlete. "After twenty-five years, there are still no black baseball managers," he said. "How can that be ... at times I thought to be a manager you only had to be two things: be white and a drunk...
...system, which was started by Nikita Khrushchev after his 1959 visit to the U.S. Foreign tourists may still rent cars for hard currency through Intourist, the official Soviet travel agency. But the domestic rent-a-car garages have gradually been phased out. Parchamovsky's account of his plight in Izvestia was, at least in part, an officially sanctioned attempt to persuade Russians that they are better off without such modern nuisances...
...American team is so upset over Petkevich's plight that it is thinking of not accompanying the world figure skating tour, which mainly visits East European countries...
...managers got technical and financial reports. The technical report was that Rolls would be six months to a year late in delivering engines to Lockheed. The financial report was that the company was running out of money to meet its payroll. Two weeks ago, Rolls once more took its plight tp the government. This time, the Tory Cabinet declined to put up any more money. Instead, it decided to let Rolls-Royce declare bankruptcy, nationalize most of the remains and abandon the engine contract if it could not be renegotiated...